Mattress or bottom attachment for bedsteads.



S. W. BENNETT.

MATTRESS 0R BOTTOM ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1908.

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MATTRESS 0R BOTTOM ATTAGHMENT FOB. BBDSTEADS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 29, 1908.

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UNITED STATES;

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SILAS W. BENNETT, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ELMER N. HUTCHINS, OF SOMEBVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

MATTRESS OR BOTTOM. ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SILAs WV. BENNETT, of Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mattress or Bottom Attachments for Bedsteads and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mattress attachments, and the like and has for its object to provide an improved mattress attachment adapted to be applied to a bedstead frame of ordinary construction, that is, to a bedstead frame which is not specially constructed to receive it.

The invention resides in the novel features of construction set forth in the following description and particularly pointed out and defined in the claims at the close thereof.

In the accompanying drawings;Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bedstead embodying one form of my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of bed shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4: are enlarged details of the shaft and its coiiperating devices hereinafter described. Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are enlarged details of the bar and its supporting blocks hereinafter described.

Having reference to the drawings A represents the bar connected with one end of the spring or mattress B; and the shaft to which the other end of the mattress is fastened. As herein shown the bar A is made in three sections comprising an intermediate roll a of wood or the like and end studs (1. of metal fastened, one to each end of roll a. Each stud a comprises a disk a made on its inner face with wings a fitting into slots in the end of roll a and with a tang a extending for a short distance into the body of roll (4. Near their outer ends each stud a is squared to fit an open rectangular socket a provided in a block a Each block a is made with an open vertical socket a to embrace the post 6 of an iron bedstead frame at a point just above the coupling member 6 of the bed so that the block is supported by said member. To prevent the strain on mattress B from displacing the blocks a the sides a of each socket a are extended to form braces or supports for the block. The shaft G is also made in three sections comprising an intermediate section 0 in the form of a roll Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 29, 1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Serial No. 435,619.

of wood or the like, and two end sections or trunnions c of metal, each of the latter being driven for a short distance into one of the ends of roll 0. The trunnions c are each journaled in an open socket 0 provided on a box 0 made with a vertical socket 0 to embrace one of the posts 6 of the bed frame. The sockets 0 have their sides 0 extended to form braces. The boxes 0 are applied to the posts 6 of the bedstead immediately above the usual coupling members e of the latter which serve as supports for the boxes. Each trunnion has mounted on it a ratchet wheel 0 engaged by a detent 0 pivotally mounted on the adjacent box. The outer end of each trunnion c is squared as at c to adapt it to receive a wrench or andle by means of which the shaft is operated to tighten the mattress.

It will now be seen that the form of my invention herein shown permits of the mattress, bar, shaft, blocks and boxes all being removed from the bed frame, which otherwise is of ordinary construction, and therefore these parts constitute an attachment which may be applied to an ordinary metal bedstead without alteration in the construction of the lat er and without the use of fastening devices. It will also be clear that not only can the attachment be quickly applied to or removed from a bedstead, but the mattress can be rolled up upon the shaft C and bar B into small compass for convenience in storing and transporting. Moreover, the shaft C is free at all times to be adjusted to regulate the tension of the mat tress.

To loosen the mattress in removing the attachment from the bed frame a handle or wrench is applied to the square end of shaft C and the latter turned sufficiently to enable the operator to throw the detents 0 back out of engagement with the ratchets 0 hen this is done the loosening of the mat tress B permits the removal of all the parts of the attachment.

While I have herein shown my invention as applied to a bedstead it is to be understood that the invention in its broadest aspect is equally as applicable either as an attachment or otherwise to couches, sofas, wagon seats and many other articles where a spring seat or bed is desired, and when embodied in the form of a mattress attachment for bedsteads the objections to the old forms of springs and spring mattresses noted above are obviated.

What I claim is 1. An attachment for bedsteads and the like of ordinary construction comprising a bar to be applied to one end of the bedstead; a mattress connected at one end to said bar; a shaft to which the other end of the mattress is attached; supports for the shaft adapted to be applied to the opposite end of the bedstead and to be held in place by the mattress; and means to lock said shaft against the strain of the mattress with provision for operating said shaft to tighten the mattress.

2. An attachment for bedsteads and the like comprising a mattress; a bar to which one end of the mattress is connected said bar being adapted to be removably applied to one end of the bedstead and to be held in place by the strain of the mattress; a shaft to which the other end of the mattress is attached; journal boxes for the shaft adapted to be removably applied to the opposite end of the bedstead and to be held in place by the strain of the mattress; and

means to lock said shaft against the strain of the mattress with provision for operating said shaft to tighten the mattress.

3. An attachment for bedsteads and the like comprising a mattress; a bar to Which one end of the mattress is connected, said bar being adapted to be removably applied to one end of the bedstead and to be held in place by the strain of the mattress; a shaft to which the other end of the mattress is attached; journal boxes for the shaft adapted to be removably applied to the opposite end of the bedstead and to be held in place by the strain of the mattress; a ratchet wheel on the shaft adjacent one of the ournal boxes, and a detent on said journal box cocperating with the ratchet to lock the shaft against the strain of the mattress with provision for operating said shaft to tighten the mattress.

4. An attachment for bedsteads and the like comprising a mattress; a bar to which one end of the mattress is connected, said bar being adapted to be removably applied to one end of the bedstead and to be held in the journal boxes, and a detent on said journal box cotiperating with the ratchet to lock the shaft against the strain of the mattress with provision for operating said shaft to tighten the mattress, and means on the shaft for use in operating the latter to tighten the mattress.

5. An attachment for bedstead frames of ordinary construction comprising a mattress; a bar to which one end of the mattress is connected; blocks for engaging the bedstead frame and supporting said bar, said blocks being constructed so as to be held in engagement with the bedstead frame by the strain of the mattress; a shaft to which the other end of the mattress is attached; journal boxes for supporting the shaft and engaging the bedstead frame, said boxes being constructed so as to be held in engagement with the bedstead frame by the strain of the mattress; a ratchet wheel on the shaft adjacentone of the journaliboxes; a detent onsaid journal box coiiperating with the ratchet to lock the shaft against the strain of the mattress with provision for operating said shaft to tighten the mattress, and means on the shaft for use in operating the latter.

6. The above described attachment for bedstead frames of ordinary construction comprising the mattress B; bar A to which one end of the mattress B is fastened; a pair of blocks a supporting bar A and held in place on the frame of the bedstead by the strain of mattress B; the shaft C to which the other end of mattress B is fastened; a pair of boxes 0 supporting shaft 0 and held in place on the frame of the bedstead by the strain of mattress B; ratchets 0 on shaft C and detents a engaging ratchets a.

SILAS 'W. BENNETT.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR F. RANDALL, ELMER N. HUTCl-IINS. 

